St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-02-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

/ PestAine NJ luano. by territorial Law
Ne county treasurer of each count,
pays bounty Of five cents for the ear.
of each rabbit.
The latest theory of . pfeventiv.
against sea-sickness is to ride up and
down on elevators as frequently a.
convenient for several days before EN-.
-barking.-N. Y Mail.
In Marshall. Tenn, recently 8
mountaineer mailed letter bearing a
confederate postage-stamp; another a
revenue stamp taken from a matchbox.
Both were sent to the dead-letter Office
10 - Observation-Disclosures Courier
Journals
A patent has been granted in En-.
gland for crush hat for women to
wear. Let us have it here, and right
shee,lily. that there may be no more
emplaints by theater-goers of the big
sag, hiding bonnet.
"A Cincinnati critic witnessed the
recent operate performances in that
city. and says: Dress suits were neither
de- rigueur nor de trop, but the major
psHion Of the gentlemen in the audi
torium wore them. Late Corners were
numerous, hut the usual accompani-
ment of squeaky shoes was silenced by
the heavy mating that covered the
floor Of the auditorium.
Ballet d.sDring is a pretty good
business when You once get the hang of
it. Thus Mature. the exponent of the
Spanish fandango. gets $4,000 year.
Rosatti gets $4,000 and Subra $4,000.
That's better by several thousand dol
lars than going To Congress. or even
being President of university. and
pretty nearly as good rs being a popu-
l,,r prima donna. Times.
Seven Indians-Bg Thunder, the
Crow chief among the number-were
drowned while attempting to cross the
Missouri river ten miles north Of Bis
marck Big Thunder was one Of the
most famous chiefs Of the Crow nation,
and his son. White Eagle. is said to
have been with the party when the az.
csucHt occuTTcu. Inc Auusssus Ncic
crossing to join band of their tribe.
which started out to wreak vengeance
on the Sioux. who killed n number Of
Cows several days agS.-Chisyo Mail.
William HenneS>ey. of Bridgeport.
Conn. has been predicting for the last
fourteen years that he would die on the
g4th Of November. People tried in vain
10 laugh or argue him out of the idea,
and when the 2ith came he dressed up
in his best clothes and went out and sat
down i'm the barn to wait for the sum-
mons. Some rotten beams gave way
and the building fell i'm. but 10! and
behold. William was pulled out unhurt.
and has set out to live another fourteen
ycars.-Hdrttord Courant
-Palinkromes, or sentences that spell
the same backwards or forwards. are
becoming popular again. Some have
been published recently in the american.
Two good ones came through the New
York Graphic. One, referring to Ger
berus. is: Dog. as deificd devil, lived
deified as god" The other Is: 1--we
damned Eden, mad Eve" Both Of
these are new and good A Massachu-
sets editor recently got the craze, and
after returning from poor theatrical
performance perpetrated this: ''Stars,
ratsr'-Baltimore american.
The other afternoon as Farmer
oxen We're drawing heavy
lo;,h up Spring Hill, Conn, the load
shinei to the rear, raising the tongue
Of the cart and lifting the oxen nearly
of their fore feet. Mr.. Kellogg was un-
able to release them and the oxen were
fast choking to death, when a passing
neighbor came to kellogg's assistance.
They both mounted the cart tongue and
to Invoke the oxen. but not
before one of them was 50 thoroughly |
choked that he fell rs though dead
when released from the yoke. He soon
recovered. howev,T.-N Y Sun.
A large eagle made its appearance
IN the town of Richmond and attacked a
small boy named John Donahower.
about eleven or twelve years of age.
The snow made it difficult for the eagle
o strike young Donahower above his
boots, but It fought the boy savagely.
The l..d had nothing with which to de-
end himself except the boots on his feet,
vhich he used to good purpose in kick
ng TIE eagle until he killed it. 1t was
strange thing for an eagle to swoop
lown and engage in struggle with a
,oy for his Winond (Minn. Re
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